We really really hope that Pickles learns to love water. So far he will splash along the edge but never go in past where he can stand. He's spent a lot of time watching other dogs swim at the pond on South Boulder campus. He runs back and forth along the edge whining because he can't get out to them.
Yesterday, we were up at Boulder Valley Ranch open space walking along a narrow deep creek. A black lab came up and went straight into the water. Pickles was standing on a steep bank whining to get to the dog and finally jumped in after him. Surprisingly for him, the water was over his head, and he swam to the other side. We called him back across, but he jumped almost the whole way and then clambered up the side.
At the very end of the hike, we came back to the creek. Mark went around to the other side and called him across. Pickles tried to run around over the bridge after him but there was a huge bush that he couldn't figure out how to get around so eventually, he swam!!
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